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CW says team could be 8-4

Does this bother anyone else? It really bothers me...which is a good thing. Saying this team could have been 8-4 isnt an overstatement, but to me it is stretching things and trying for a moral victory. And thats what bothers me. We are finally good enought to make bowl games, knock off highly ranked teams, and compete against everyone. We have nothing to be ashamed of anymore. We dont have to look for moral victories or hoping we dont get blown out of games. We want to WIN every came we play now! And we had chances to win almost every game this season, but didn't. I don't want to have to say we could have or should have been 8-4, I want to BE 8-4. Please stop saying this Chris we are now better than needing moral victories. We need to take the next step as a program. And I believe we will. Until the just be happy with what we are and look forward to what we could be next year.

Re: CW says team could be 8-4

The loss Friday was devastating and left a pit in my stomach. We lacked a true quarterback all season, this is an issue we should not have all next season. When you play three quarterbacks, you dont win. We had a better defense than TTU and Oklahoma State, prior to injuries mounting, but they had better quarterbacks. That in itself won them games. We have a lot coming back for next season. We should start 3-0 again and hope we can improve from there, but the quarterback decision needs to be made right after spring ball, IMO.

Re: CW says team could be 8-4

Actually, we could have easily been 9-3. Tech, KSU and WVU games were all right there for us to win, and all on our home field. The inability of the offense to come up with key 4th quarter scoring drives was the difference between a very special season and an average one.

Re: CW says team could be 8-4

Originally Posted by shawn_200m

Actually, we could have easily been 9-3. Tech, KSU and WVU games were all right there for us to win, and all on our home field. The inability of the offense to come up with key 4th quarter scoring drives was the difference between a very special season and an average one.

Yup offense, offense, offense. Thats what this league is about. You can hold people below 30 but can you score 30? Our defense will be middle of the pack next season, we just need to score more than 30 a game. I think Richardson is the man for this offense in the future but he will need to be able to adjust to the elements here in Iowa. I doubt he has ever played in the elements he did on Friday.

Re: CW says team could be 8-4

WVU is the only game I really feel is a "coulda/shoulda" game. Really had so many chances down the stretch. Tech and KState were just the better team that day. In KState's case clearly the better team on the year. With WVU it was really there for the taking and ISU would have had the better season if it goes in their win column.

One interesting thing is in the six wins, ISU was clearly the better team head to head, even against Baylor and TCU who won some big games this year. The Iowa game was probably ISU's worst game of the year (at least OK State and Texas have firepower) and they still won on the road.

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